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Toni Torino
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Barrett Brown
Feb 05, 2016, 16:45
Barrett Brown is an American Journalist & essayist.

Barrett challenged & exposed the US Government over cybersecurity, privacy & democracy rights, the intelligence industry etc.

As it says on Wikipedia: In January 2015, Brown was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for the crimes of accessory after the fact, obstruction of justice, and threatening a federal officer stemming from the FBI's investigation into the 2012 Stratfor email leak.

Please read his latest posting for The Intercept, I think it's quite extraordinary.

https://theintercept.com/2016/02/02/barrett-brown-the-rule-of-law-enforcement/
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Rhiannon
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Re: Barrett Brown
Feb 07, 2016, 09:02
Thanks, I liked that a lot. I liked his chatty eloquent style (though I wonder he'd wind me up in person). It's like he's writing from an exotic holiday rather than some dreadful american prison. And I had no inkling there were separate state and federal prisons (to think I sat through more than one series of Prison Break). I might have another cup of tea and read something else of his now. ta
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carol27
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Re: Barrett Brown
Feb 07, 2016, 18:23
I too have read this Toni. The extent of mental & actual real life corruption makes my mind spin. Who do we believe? Are we actually governed by a highly paranoid, all powerful elite do you think? Am I straying dangerously into conspiracy theorism? No wonder I want a bloody camper van.
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Re: Barrett Brown
Feb 07, 2016, 22:43
If you have Netflix the "We Are Legion" documentary about Anonymous as a fair amount of BB in it.

Speaking of movies and the US justice system if you have never seen Peter Watkins' Punishment Park then I would seek it out as a matter of priority!
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Toni Torino
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Re: Barrett Brown
Feb 08, 2016, 19:00
IanB wrote:
If you have Netflix the "We Are Legion" documentary about Anonymous as a fair amount of BB in it.

Speaking of movies and the US justice system if you have never seen Peter Watkins' Punishment Park then I would seek it out as a matter of priority!


Ta Ian, not a Netflickah, alas and alack. I'll keep an eye out for PP though.
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Toni Torino
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Feb 08, 2016, 19:17
carol27 wrote:
I too have read this Toni. The extent of mental & actual real life corruption makes my mind spin. Who do we believe? Are we actually governed by a highly paranoid, all powerful elite do you think? Am I straying dangerously into conspiracy theorism? No wonder I want a bloody camper van.


Yeah, he is where he is. I think our Governments are highly vindictive rather than paranoid.
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